A twinning of Angers with the Us city of Austin could be in sight

The arrival of Saint Edwards University in Angers could lead to another consequence : the twinning of Angers with the city of Austin, the capital of Texas. Local medias announced that a twinning committees had been set up on each side of the Atlantic ocean but no date is precised regarding the signature of an agreement.

Angers could be more interested than Austin by such a scheme given the difference of size between the two cities. Austin is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the fifteenth most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. Its population sums 786,000. Created around 1830, Austin has since emerged as a center for technology and business. The Texas capital has a humid subtropical climate,  characterized by hot summers and mild winters (as Angers). Austin is known as a center for liberal politics in a generally conservative Texas.

 Among the Austin's largest employers, there are Dell, IBM, 3M or Apple Inc. Buildings that make up most of Austin's skyline are modest in height even it the city hosts some of the tallest condo towers in the state, topping one out at 56 floors and another at 44 floors. Angers could be then the only French city to be twinned with Austin.